
Chapter 15
Topological Robustness
of Biological Systems
for Information
Networks—Modularity
S. Eum, S. Arakawa, and Masayuki Murata
Contents
15.1 Introduction ............................................................. 392
15.2 TopologicalRobustnessof BiologicalSystems .......................... 393
15.2.1 OverviewofBiologicalSystems................................. 393
15.2.2 Resemblance between Biological Systems and Information
Networks........................................................ 394
15.2.3 TopologicalCharacteristicofBiologicalNetworks............. 394
15.2.3.1 Scale-Free Structure.................................. 394
15.2.3.2 Bow-Tie